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Ten years since the biggest protests in history

February 22, 2013 -- Green Left TV -- The Green Left Report hosts a roundtable discussion and debate on the
millions-strong protests prior to the US war on Iraq, held around the world on February 15, 2003. The roundtable includes some key activists at the time who reflect on
the strengths and weaknesses of the protests in Australia and lessons for
progressive struggles today.

Pip Hinman was a leader of the anti-war
movement in Sydney at the time; Nick Deane convened a local peace group;
and Jim McIlroy, who has been an anti-war activist since the Vietnam
war, was part of the Brisbane protests. Also featured is an interview
with Simon Butler, who led Books Not Bombs protests of high school and
other young people opposed to the war. Hosts are Mel
Barnes and Peter Boyle. Footage of the 2003 anti-war marches in Sydney by John Reynolds and Jill Hickson of Actively Radical﻿ TV. The episode ends with Carlo Sands critiquing the
notion of the "lesser evil".

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